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churchy

[chur-chee] / ˈtʃɜr tʃi /


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“Expensive, elevated and fresh. It’s not churchy, which is my biggest issue with incense.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

Never preachy or too churchy — sometimes God is never mentioned.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2025

The first time I saw her, a sort of churchy lady appeared on this wet and abandoned Manchester train station, straps on a Gibson SG and starts playing rock 'n' roll.

From New York Times Jan. 13, 2024

That is why NAR apostles and prophets sometimes stay on the down-low — by foregoing churchy garb and open use of their titles, for instance.

From Salon Jun. 17, 2023

After that, Lizzie always sang the hymns she knew, and Turner cut down on the high churchy tunes to accommodate her.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

In retrospect, in the churchier precincts of the memory, the election of 1960 has, for some, a numinous glow.

From Time Magazine Archive

By Ruth GrahamPosted Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, at 9:05 AM ET New England used to be one of the churchiest places in America.

From Slate Nov. 27, 2012

She isn't rich, either, but poor as the churchiest mouse!

From Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley by Rowe, Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert)

They are, as one may say, the churchiest churches in Europe—the fullest of gathered memories, of the experience of their office.

From Italian Hours by James, Henry




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